$~19 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 16^th April, 2025 + CS(COMM) 197/2023 & I.A. 24248/2023 M/S TRDP HAPPY WORLD PVT. LTD .....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Amit Jain, Ms. Shruthi Venugopal, Ms. Simran Kaur & Ms.

Nidhi, Advocates.

versus SHRI BALAJI CHEMFOOD INDUSTRIES .....Defendant Through: Mr. Arnav Goyal, Advocate.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral)

1. The present suit has been filed seeking relief of permanent injunction restrainingthedefendantsfrominfringingthetrademarksandcopyrightofthe plaintiff, passing off along with other ancillary reliefs.

CASESETUPINTHEPLAINT

2. The plaintiff, M/s TRDP Happy World Private Limited, is a company engagedinthebusinessofmanufacturingandtradingofrusks,biscuits,cakes, instant noodles, etc.

3. In 2011, the plaintiff adopted the trade mark ‘MARIO’/ ‘TRDP MARIO’ through its predecessor and since 2015, the plaintiff has been continuously using the said marks for its goods such as rusks, biscuits, cakes, etc. Along with the word mark, the plaintiff also adopted a device mark with Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS(COMM)197/2023 Page 1 of 15 a moustache. The device mark adopted by the plaintiff is given below:

4. The plaintiff also obtained registrations of the word mark and the device mark ‘MARIO’, which are valid and subsisting. The details of the registrations obtained by the plaintiff are given below:

Trade Mark	Application Number	Date of Application	Class	Status
	2202242	08.09.2011	30	REGISTERED
	2204543	13.09.2011	31	REGISTERED
TRDP MARIO	3013159 IN	21.07.2015	30	REGISTERED
	3250622 IN	04.05.2016	30	REGISTERED

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	3305785 IN	11.07.2016	30	REGISTERED
	3305788 IN	11.07.2016	30	REGISTERED
TRDP MARIO	3492908 IN	27.02.2017	30	REGISTERED
	3497050 IN	02.03.2017	30	REGISTERED
MARIO	3497052 IN	02.03.2017	30	REGISTERED
MARIO BRIKS	4181866 IN	21.05.2019	30	REGISTERED
MARIO TALKIES	4195281 IN	03.06.2019	30	REGISTERED
TRDP MARIO	3013160 IN	21.07.2015	31	REGISTERED
TRDP MARIO	3349735 IN	31.08.2016	31	REGISTERED
	3497051 IN	02.03.2017	31	REGISTERED

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	3184018 IN	12.02.2016	29	REGISTERED
	3184029 IN	12.02.2016	43	REGISTERED

5. Along with the aforesaid marks, the plaintiff has filed and obtained the registration of its mark ‘TRDP MARIO’ across multiple jurisdictions internationally. The details of the aforesaid registrations are given in paragraph 12 of the plaint. The plaintiff also has a sachet packaging which bears the mark ‘MARIO’ on it. The packaging of the plaintiff is given below: 6. Itisstatedthattheartisticworkcontainedinthedevicemark‘MARIO’/ ‘TRDP MARIO’ of the plaintiff qualifies to be an original artistic work under the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957. Further, the plaintiff has obtained multiple copyright registrations, which are given in the table below:

S. No. Copyright Title of the Artistic Work

1. A-115640/2016 TRDP MARIO SUJI TOAST LABEL Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS(COMM)197/2023 Page 4 of 15

2.	A-15713/2016	TRDP MARIO INSTANT MARIO NOODLES LABEL
3.	A-120610/2017	TRDP MARIO SUJI TOAST LABEL
4.	A-119244/2017	TRDP MARIO SUJI TOAST LABEL

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5.	A-120903/2017		TRDP MARIO SUJI TOAST LABEL
6.	A-118538/2017		TRDP MARIO SUJI TOAST
7.	A-119203/2017		TRDP MARIO SUJI TOAST LABEL

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8.	A-131018/2019		TRDP MARIO PREMIUM HONEY RUSK LABEL
9.	A-134808/2020		TRDP MARIO FRENCH SPIKES TAMGY TOMATO
10.	A-135615/2020		TRDP MARIO ENGLISH SQUARES

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11.	A-136815/2021	TRDP MARIO KHUS

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